Lavoy Allen

Even before the Miami Heat took flight late Thursday night, LeBron James was preparing for his next superhero turn. This time, apparently as a villain. One, the Heat announced Friday, who has a broken nose and is a game-time decision for Sunday's 3:30 p.m. game against the Chicago Bulls at AmericanAirlines Arena. His nose plugged with white gauze after taking a hard blow to the face from Oklahoma City Thunder forward Serge Ibaka while completing a dunk in Thursday night's victory, James took to Instagram, where he posted a doctored photo of him wearing the mask of Bane, the Batman antagonist from the 2012 movie "The Dark Knight Rises." ...

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